Improvement in buckles



s -nnitexl tant @anni Witwe. aaa- PERRY W. ,SMITPL OF ABINGDO, ILLINOIS.

'\ Leamilawm No. 83,102, am october 13, 186s.

INIPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

*wouw-* The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part'of the same.

To all whom it ma/y conce/ru: A

Be it known that I, PERRY W. SMITH, of Abingdon, inthe county of Knox, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; 'and do hereby. declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being `had to the accompanying drawings,

- and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The lnature of my invention consists in the construction of adouble buckle for fastening two pieces of leather together, which obviates thenecessity of sewing the buckle to the leather.

on each side of which I place two transverse clasps,

B B, one at each end of the plate.

Upon two of these clasps, that is, on one oneach side, and at opposite ends, I place a tongue, C, whichv tongues face inward on the plate. Y

When the leather strap, D, is to be fastened to the buckle, it is taken under the clasp B, to which the tongue is attached; then the tongue 'inserted in the hole in the leather,aud the end of the strap drawn under the clasp at the other end of the plate.

It will thus be seen that the strap D covers the' entire plate A, and all that is seen are the two clasps B, and the end of the tongue fastened to one of them. Having thus fully described my invention,

`WhatI claim as `new, and desire to secure by Let- As an article of manufacture, the within-described double buckle, when constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the` foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 5th day of August, 1868.

PERRY W. SMITH. [Ls] Witnesses: l

J OHN SAYLER, O. C. SMITH. 

